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Paperback. Features poems that delve into everything from the most joyous and private matters of the heart to the chaos and horror of politics, warfare, and our species' seemingly innate penchant for cruelty and self-destruction. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247539
ISBN
9781852247539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.83

Hardcover. Winner of the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, C K Williams is one of the most distinguished poets of his generation. This book collects his prose along with a series of interview excerpts in which he discusses a wide range of subjects, from his own work as a poet and translator to the state of American poetry as a whole. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518. Poets, Poems, and the Rest. 240 pages. Winner of the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, C K Williams is one of the most distinguished poets of his generation. This book collects his prose along with a series of interview excerpts in which he discusses a wide range of subjects, from his own work as a poet and translator to the state of American poetry as a whole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; DSC. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226899510
ISBN
9780226899510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardback. This is the first book to consistently read English Modernist literature as testimony to trauma of the First and Second World Wars. Focusing upon T.S. Eliot and D.H. Lawrence, it examines the impact of war upon their lives and their strategies to resist it through literary innovation. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230291577
ISBN
9780230291577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442272927
ISBN
9781442272927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.69

Paperback. In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Trinidad. This volume reveals C.L.R. James's first encounter with the colonial metropolis and the values that had already shaped his intellectual development in Trinidad. Num Pages: 140 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First UK edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902669618
ISBN
9781902669618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Mexico is a top travel destination. This book offers a vision of Mexico by some of Mexico's contemporary writers of fiction and literary prose. It provides information on the people of the beaches, the deserts, jungles, snow-capped mountains and megacities. It is a journey from the Pacific to the Gulf, from Yucatan to border slums, and more. Editor(s): Mayo, C. M. Series: Traveler's Literary Companion. Num Pages: 256 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 265.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Whereabouts Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883513153
ISBN
9781883513153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. 'York Notes' offer an approach to English literature that aims to fully reflect student needs. They are filled with summaries, commentaries, exam advice, margin and textual features to offer a wider context to the text and encourage a critical analysis. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Pearson York Notes
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784260
ISBN
9780582784260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear, sunned spine and cover. Foxing to page edges, otherwise good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0012323
ISBN
9780853421337
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and covers sunned to spine. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0005560
ISBN
9780853421337
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Translator(s): Keeley, Edmund; Sherrard, Philip. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646282
ISBN
9780691646282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.47

Hardback. CP Cavafy (Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis) is one of the most important Greek poets since antiquity. This title plays with the complexities of ironic Socratic thought, suffused with the honesty of unadorned iambic verse. It offers a translation of the complex linguistic registers of Cavafy's Canon into English. Editor(s): Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios. Translator(s): Chioles, John. Series: Harvard Early Modern and Modern Greek Library. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053267
ISBN
9780674053267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Hardback. After the first phase of industrialization in Britain, the child emerged as both a victim of and a threat to capitalism. This book explores the changing relationship between the child and capitalist society in the works of some of the most important writers of children's and young-adult texts in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230364127
ISBN
9780230364127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.91

Hardback. Virginia Woolf's Ethics of the Short Story aims at a synthetic appraisal of Woolf's short stories as a space of encounter and a site of resistance. It throws a new light on Woolf's short stories as foregrounding the ethical as well as the political and the aesthetic and shows how they participate fully in her creative process. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230227187
ISBN
9780230227187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 77.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650742
ISBN
9781890650742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. The only official sequel, penned by Lewis himself, to the ever-popular 'Screwtape Letters' - published alongside other short essays. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008192532
ISBN
9780008192532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of C. S. Lewis' death, this attractive book offers daily inspirational readings from this much-loved writer, making this a most thoughtful gift. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007532827
ISBN
9780007532827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. A Preface to Paradise Lost provides an interpretation of Milton's purpose in writing the epic. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition(PB)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195003451
ISBN
9780195003451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.06

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137453358
ISBN
9781137453358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 42.15

Paperback. This is an important study of the publishing of contemporary writing in Britain. now available in paperback for the first time. It analyzes the changing social, economic and cultural environment of the publishing industry in the 1990s-2000s, and investigates its impact on genre, authorship and reading. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSBH; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230228474
ISBN
9780230228474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Hsia, C. T.; Li, Wai-yee; Kao, George. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122672
ISBN
9780231122672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. Editor(s): Hsia, C. T.; Li, Wai-yee; Kao, George. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122665
ISBN
9780231122665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.82
€ 101.57

Hardcover. This pioneering, classic study of 20th-century Chinese fiction covers some sixty years, from the Literary Revolution of 1917 through the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629966614
ISBN
9789629966614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.06

Paperback. Republication of the pioneering classic study of modern Chinese fiction. Num Pages: 776 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213112
ISBN
9780253213112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. This is a commemorative edition for C. Vann Woodward, who died in December 1999, of his classic work on the history of segregation and American race relations. Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer and former Woodward student, William McFeely contributes a special afterword to discuss how Strange Career achieved its own significance as part of history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Commemorative
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195146905
ISBN
9780195146905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

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